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Total Building Permits Issued, Residential Units Authorized and Total Valuation by Calendar Year

Year	Total Permits Issued	Residential Units Authorized	Value of All Construction ($)
2003	2,915	229	218,586,500
2002	2,675	496	262,156,240
2001	2,969	728	433,253,975
2000	2,924	400	421,879,054
1999	3,127	377	421,992,746
1998	3,133	369	323,138,834
1997	3,358	519	603,577,159
1996	3,482	409	303,216,130
1995	3,368	1,200	362,242,431
1994	3,306	594	276,044,202
1993	3,763	397	211,713,607
1992	3,106	136	109,155,481
1991	2,917	181	117,852,237
1990	2,748	70	219,869,749
1989	2,715	76	157,479,623
1988	2,517	91	105,670,998
1987	2,379	178	147,701,412
1986	2,137	1,054	203,171,654

Permit-Authorized Residential Construction and Demolition of Housing Units by Year by Type of Structure by Calendar Year

	Single-Family Units			Two-Family Units (Duplex)			3- and 4-Units			5 Units and Over			Annual Totals
Year	Const	Demo	Net	Const	Demo	Net	Const	Demo	Net	Const	Demo	Net	Const	Demo	Net
2003	121	-23	98	4	-2	2	0	0	0	104	-19	85	229	-44	185
2002	164	-18	146	6	-14	-8	4	-8	-4	322	0	322	496	-40	456
2001	227	-25	202	10	-12	-2	0	-3	-3	491	-11	480	728	-51	677
2000	203	-23	180	2	-12	-10	8	0	8	187	0	187	400	-35	365
1999	234	-24	210	4	-4	0	3	-4	-1	136	-38	98	377	-70	307
1998	206	-11	195	24	-8	16	26	-4	22	113	0	113	369	-23	346
1997	226	-19	207	18	0	18	15	0	15	260	0	260	519	-19	500
1996	264	-26	238	8	-8	0	9	0	9	128	0	128	409	-34	375
1995	251	-82	169	24	-24	0	25	-4	21	900	0	900	1,200	-110	1,090
1994	149	-47	102	10	-6	4	55	-7	48	380	-46	334	594	-106	488
1993	139	-64	75	2	-8	-6	0	-7	-7	256	-12	244	397	-91	306
1992	77	-27	50	2	-2	0	32	-4	28	25	-8	17	136	-41	95
1991	70	-20	50	6	-4	2	40	0	40	65	-42	23	181	-66	115
1990	63	-68	-5	4	-16	-12	3	-12	-9	0	0	0	70	-96	-26
1989	74	-60	14	2	-38	-36	0	-4	-4	0	-26	-26	76	-128	-52

Source: Salt Lake City Building Services and Licensing Division, monthly reports. Compiled by the Economic and Demographic Resource Center.

Salt Lake City Permit Authorized Construction , Valuation for New Construction, Alterations, and Repairs for Residential and Non-Residential Construction by Calendar Year (in current dollars)

	Residential Construction			Non-Residential Construction			Total All
Year	New	Alt. & Repairs	Total	New	Alt. & Repairs	Total	Construction
2003	25,100,051	24,386,108	49,486,159	84,467,606	84,632,735	169,100,341	218,586,500
2002	46,738,052	50,609,525	97,347,577	102,360,262	62,448,395	164,808,663	262,156,240
2001	75,311,497	99,452,103	174,763,600	144,305,018	114,185,357	258,490,375	433,253,975
2000	41,008,128	18,399,541	59,407,669	203,611,685	158,859,699	362,471,385	421,879,054
1999	62,371,449	24,687,913	87,059,362	146,585,491	188,347,893	334,933,384	421,992,746
1998	44,821,177	31,315,775	76,136,952	126,787,755	120,214,127	247,001,882	323,138,834
1997	52,865,298	21,956,143	74,821,441	442,173,399	86,582,319	528,755,718	603,577,159
1996	40,547,353	19,077,665	59,625,018	154,171,417	89,419,695	243,591,112	303,216,130
1995	79,313,971	17,834,483	97,148,454	166,242,274	98,851,703	265,093,977	362,242,431
1994	35,430,393	19,255,406	54,685,799	158,289,098	63,069,305	221,358,403	276,044,202
1993	32,285,384	26,446,186	58,731,570	70,280,531	82,701,506	152,982,037	211,713,607
1992	14,710,390	12,569,043	27,279,433	33,594,694	48,281,354	81,876,048	109,155,481
1991	13,826,171	9,416,948	23,243,119	41,338,852	53,270,266	94,609,118	117,852,237
1990	7,453,061	53,849,088	61,302,149	103,015,614	55,551,986	158,567,600	219,869,749
1989	7,535,274	18,912,636	26,447,910	89,663,937	41,367,776	131,031,713	157,479,623

Note: Alternations & Repairs include Non-Housekeeping tallies.

Source: Salt Lake City Building Services and Licensing Division, monthly reports. Compiled by the Economic and Demographic Resource Center.